Radiator jacket



. ALLEN RADIATOR JACKET Mar. 27, 1923.

man SEPT. 26, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- Mar. 27, 1923.

1,449,367. W. A. ALLEN.

RADIATOR JACKET. HLED sPT.26. 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- Patented Mar. 2?, i923.

WILLIAM A. ALLEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGITOR TO THE ALLEN'AUTO SPECIALTY COMPANY, or NEW YORK, n. :21,

A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

RADIATOR JACKET.

Application filed September 26, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lViLLmM A. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator Jackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to radiator jackets,

and particularly to a combined jacket and shutter device, the object of my invention being to provide a useful accessory for automobiles, having certain features of novelty and utility hereinafter pointed out or shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a jacket in which my invention is embodied in one form;

' Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of a portion of the appliance, but showing the shutter and associated parts in difierent position;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the operating lever at the dash;

Fig. 6 is a partial section through a portion of the shutter and upper part of the jacket and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective of one 30 of the shutters.

The present appliance is shown as a combined radiator jacket and shutter, although certain of its features of construction are applicable to either a jacket or a shutter alone disassoicated from the other.

The jacket proper comprises a front piece 10 0f pantasot e or the like, lined on its inner face with felt 11, or other good non-conductor of heat. Attached to the top and side margins of the front piece and extending back at right angles thereto is a strip of pantasote 12, covering the body of the radiator and similarly lined at 13. A hole 14 is provided to receive the radiator filling spout 15 (Fig. 3). To the rear margin of this strip 12 are secured several soft metal clips 16 adapted to be bent around the usual flange (not shown) at the back of the radiator and on which the hood rests. The clips 16 thus afford readily attachable and detachable means for securing the jacket.

The front piece 10 of the jacket is centrally cut out to afford a large opening at the front of the radiator grid (not shown). lieenforcing bars 17 of strap metal are ar- Serial No. 326,585.

ranged at the inner margins of this opening and receive the screw bolts 18 (Fig. 6) by which the angle straps 19 are secured at the margins of the holes on the outer face of the front piece. These angle straps constitute the frame in which the slats 20 of the shutter are pivoted.

lhi] one side and adjacent the top of the frame 20 l secure a bracket 21 having pivoted thereto at 22 the operating lever 23 for the shutter slats. Connected to this lever at is the shutter bar 25 extending vertically at the sides of the slats and pivoted at 26 to lugs 27 thereon, so that they move in unison. A strong spring 28 coiled on the stud 29 engages with one leg 30 the stop 81, while its other leg 32bears against the pin 33 on lever 23 and tends constantly to force the latter downward into the position shown in Fig. 4 in which the shutters are closed.

Dual means are provided to move the shutter to open position. .The first ofthese means comprises a thumb screw 34 carried by the lever 23 and working in the arcuate slot in the bracket 21. This screw serves not only as means for swinging the lever 23, but also for clamping it in adjusted position. The second means comprises a wire, chain or the like 36, connected at -37 to the outer end of the lever 23 and passing through the radiator grid (not shown) to the dash, where it is connected to a hand lever 38. The latter is pivoted at 39 to a bracket 40 and carries a spring pin 41 adapted to engage in any one of a series of holes punched in the bracket. Both operating means thus make it possible to secure the shutter opened to any desired extent. while on release of these means the spring 28 automatically closes the shutter again.

While not necessary, it is advisable to provide a sleeve for the wire at the point at which it passes through the radiator grid,

thus guarding the latter against wear. The

radiator; the dual. operatien of the shutter eliminates the necessity for carrying back the operating Wire to the dash Where this is not, possible. or. desired. The construction as a whole is durable and serviceable, while at the same time economical to manufacture.

Various detail modifications of construction will readily occur to those skilled in the art, which do not depart, however, from What I claim as my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. For use with an automobile having a radiator and a dash spaced therefrom, a combined jacket and shutter for the radiator, comprising a fabric jacket having a front opening facing the radiator grid, reenforcing strips on the inner face'of the jacket front at the margins of said opening, shutter frame on the outer face of the jacket front, securing means therefor engaging the reinforcing strips at the margins of the opening, a'shutter mounted in the frame, a sector secured to said frame, a shutter-operating lever pivoted t9 the sector, and means for operating said lever at the sector, said lever having an extension adapted to receive an operating: connector leading to the dash.

2. For use with an automobile having a radiator and a dash spaced therefrom, a combined jacket and shutter for the radiator, comprising a fabric jacket having a front opening facing the radiator grid, reenforcing strips onthe inner face of the jacket front at the margins of said opening, a shutter frame on the outer face of the jacket front, securing means therefor engaging the reenforcing strips at the margins of the opening, ashutter mounted in the frame, a sector secured to said frame, a shutter-operating lever pivoted to the sector, and means for operating said lever at the sector, said lever having an extension adapted to receive an operating connector leading to the dash, together with a stud on said sector, a coil spring mounted on said stud and having an arm engaging the operating lever and tending constantly to hold said lever in shutter-closing position.

3. A combined jacket and shutter for radiators comprising a fabric jacket having a front opening facing the radiator grid, reenforcing strap metal on the inner face of the jacket front at the margin of said opening, a shutter frame on the outer face of the jacket front, securing means therefor engaging the reenforcing strap metal, and a shutter mounted in said frame.

4:. A combined jacket andshutter for radiators comprising a fabric jacket having a front opening facing the radiator grid, re. enforcing strap metal on the inner face of the jacket front at the margin of said open ing, angle straps mounted on the outer face of the jacket front, securing means therefor engaging the reenforcing strap; metal, and a shutter mounted in said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WM. A. ALLEN. 

